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ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



[PART I' 



TABLE I. 

 FAMILIES OF ANIMALS INHABITING THE ETHIOPIAN REGION. 



Explanation. 



Names in italics show families peculiar to the region. 



Names inclosed thus ( ) barely enter the region, and are not considered properly 



to belong to it. 

 Numbers are not consecutive, but correspond to those in Part IV. 



Order and Family. 



MAMMALIA. 



Primates. 



1. Simiidae 



2. Semnopithecidse 



3. Cynopithecidae 

 6. Lemuridae 



8. Chiromyidce ... 



Cheiroptera. 



9. Pteropidae 



11. Rhinolophidae 



12. Vespertilionidae 



13. Noctilionidae . . . 



Insectivora. 



15. Macroscelididae 



17. Erinaceidae ... 



18. Centetidce 



19. Potairwgalidce 



20. Chrysochloridce 

 22. Soricidae 



Carnivora. 



23. Felidae 



24. Cryptoproclidce 



25. Viverridae 



26. Protelidce 



27. Hyamidae 



28. Canida? ... 



29. Mustelidae 

 33. Otariidae... 



Cetacea. 

 36 to 41. 



SlRENIA. 



42. Manatidae 



Ungulata. , 



43. Equidae ... 



Sub-regions. 



Hi 



►: 





Kange beyond the Region. 



Oriental 



Oriental 



Oriental, Palaearctic 



Oriental 



Oriental, Australian 



The Eastern Hemisphere 



Cosmopolite 



All Tropical regions 



South Palaearctic 

 Palaearctic, Oriental 

 Greater Antilles 



All regions but Australian and Neotropical 



All regions but Australian 



Oriental, S. Palaearctic 



S. Palaearctic, India 

 Almost cosmopolite 

 All regions but Australian 

 All temperate regions 



Oceanic 



Neotropical, Oriental, Australian 



Palaearctic 



